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African Head Charge

A Trip To Bolgatanga

On-U Sound

LP

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Standard black vinyl.

Cat Number

ONULP154

Release date

7 Jul '23

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Standard black vinyl.

The legendary collaboration between master percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah and producer Adrian Sherwood return with their first new studio album in twelve years. Originally conceived in 1981 as an attempt to make Brian Eno’s “vision of a psychedelic Africa” exist in musical form, the project has evolved and mutated over the years but all the hallmarks of their classic sound are present and correct on this record: hypnotic hand drums driving rhythms to move your head and feet; coupled with mind-bending arrangements and dubwise production. Inimitable guest vocals by the award winning Ghanaian kologo master, King Ayisoba lend an extra dimension. An act of cultish proportions, African Head Charge have been compared to Sun Ra “for their same ability to head into the unknown” - Echoes magazine. Recorded between Ghana and the UK, A Trip To Bolgatanga is a triumphant comeback.

TRACK LISTING

1. A Bad Attitude
2. Accra Electronica
3. Push Me Pull You
4. I Chant Too
5. Asalatua
6. Passing Clouds
7. I’m A Winner
8. Trip To Bolgatanga
9. Never Regret A Day
10. Microdosing

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African Head Charge

Songs Of Praise

On-U Sound

Originally issued in 1990 and considered by most fans to be AHC’s masterpiece. Religious chants set to an African dub backdrop of layered hand percussion, with a mighty sonic and great musicianship places the record in a unique place. An outernational classic. For this reissue the album has been expanded to a double LP with all the tracks from the original vinyl release plus bonus tracks previously only available on CD. Includes a download card for the full audio plus double-sided poster insert with excerpts from a new interview with band leader Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Yes there's plenty of get stuck into with AHC, but if you insist on only one - then make this one it! The quintessential set from the pioneering transcendental dub wizards! Every home deserves one...

TRACK LISTING

Side One
1. Free Chant (Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi)
2. Orderliness, Godliness, Discipline And Dignity
3. Hymn
4. Dervish Chant

Side Two
5. Hold Some More
6. Healing Father
7. Healing Ceremony
8. Cattle Herders Chant

Side Three
9. Ethiopian Praises
10. My God
11. Gospel Train
12. Chant For The Spirits
13. God Is Great

Side Four
14. Deer Spirit Song
15. Full Charge
16. Fullness
17. Special Mix

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African Head Charge

In Pursuit Of Shashamane Land

On-U Sound

Originally issued in 1993 and the last African Head Charge album on On-U Sound for 12 years, released at the height of the band’s popularity as a staple of live music festivals. Continuing the skillful fusion of styles they had explored on “Songs Of Praise”, this album added elements of trance and electronica to their trademark percussion-heavy sound. This expanded reissue adds 8 bonus tracks to the original vinyl edition, including 2 that have never been released before. Includes a download card for the full audio plus a double-sided poster insert with excerpts from a new interview with band leader Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah.

TRACK LISTING

Side One
1. Heading To Glory
2. Pursuit
3. One Destination
4. No, Don't Follow Fashion

Side Two
5. Animal Law
6. Learning
7. Fever Pitch
8. Somebody Touch I

Side Three
9. Fever Pitch (Raw Cut)
10. Pursuit (Underpulse Motion DJ Edit)
11. No Don’t Follow Fashion
12. On The Off Beat

Side Four
13. Rastaman
14. Run Come See Me
15. Kumasee
16. Mama Shante Garden

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African Head Charge

Vision Of A Psychedelic Africa

On-U Sound

The first album African Head Charge made for On-U since 1993, this 2005 set was a triumphant return that saw longtime collaborators Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah and Adrian Sherwood reunited in the studio once more, the album title referring to the project’s original mission statement (nicked from Brian Eno!). This album is African Head Charge at their very best, rich in varied percussion and spiritual chants, set over hypnotic and transcendent layers of African rhythms, trippy and bubbling dubbed-out effects, and trademark pounding bass. This is the first time the album has been released n vinyl. Cut over 4 sides for maximum dynamics by King Kevin Metcalfe. Includes double-sided poster insert featuring a new interview with Bonjo, download card for full contents and two bonus tracks.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: More from the post-millennial incarnations of the African Head Charge catalogue. This is a particularly third-eye-opening set, rich in spirituality and oneness with Eart'.

TRACK LISTING

Side One
1. The Big Country
2. Surfari
3. Positive Thoughts & Mind
4. Unplanned

Side Two
5. Treatment For A Septic Horn
6. Drumming Is A Language
7. Mr. Whippy Does Djibouti
8. Run Come See
9. Ran Came Saw

Side Three
10. Blessed Works
11. Work Blessed
12. More Fluid
13. Who Are You?

Side Four
14. Ready You Ready
15. Ready You Ready Part 2
16. What Is The Plan? W/ Mutabaruka
17. What Is The Plan? (Version) W/ Mutabaruka

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African Head Charge

Drastic Season

On-U Sound

African Head Charge's third album from 1983. Described by producer Adrian Sherwood as: "Experiments in active frequencies, out of time noises, rhythms within rhythms, and endless tape edits (edits on edits) resulting in the ultimate cut-up and paste job..." whilst an On-U press release of the time declared: "A high-tech rhythm mix of human, animal and machine sounds, captured on the Southern Studios digital rig by the "wackid' mixer Adrian Sherwood, up in sunny Wood Green, 'Drastic Season' features that On-U rugged bass sound. Check it if you're a dancer, a listener, a film maker, a computer programmer, a human or an animal. Special treats in store for steam locomotive enthusiasts and biologists. You've never heard such sounds in your life (to quote ESP)."

Loose echoes of traditional African percussion music, field recordings and roots reggae inform the mix, whilst some parts conjure up the stripped-back post-rock of Can or Tortoise.

Re-cut at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin for maximum bass pressure. Includes printed inner with sleevenotes by Steve Barker (‘On The Wire’), plus download card for full album.

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A1 Timbuktu Express
A2 I Want Water
A3 Bazaar
A4 African Hedge Hog
B1 Depth Charge
B2 Fruit Market
B3 Snake In The Hole
B4 Many Generations

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African Head Charge

Environmental Studies

On-U Sound

Experimental studio album from 1982 that saw African Head Charge working manipulated and vari-speeded 1/4 inch tape loops that were re-recorded back to the multi track, soaked in reverb and delay, and then applied to the performances of the musicians, not to mention extensive use of found sounds and field recordings, hence the title.

The brainchild of Adrian Sherwood and percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah, the group forged their own undefinable sound on these early albums which sound eerily contemporary, predating the experimental bass music of labels such as Hyperdub and Tectonic.

Features contributions from Bruce Smith (The Pop Group), Style Scott (Roots Radics) and Deadly Headley (The Wailers).

Re-cut at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin for maximum bass pressure. Includes printed inner with sleevenotes by Steve Barker (‘On The Wire’), plus download card for full album.

TRACK LISTING

Crocodile Hand Luggage
Dinosaur's Lament
Beriberi
Snakeskin Tracksuit
High Protein Snack
In A Trap
Breeding Space
Primitive
Latin Temperament

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